Are we, as some might say, motivated by a desire to save our off-spring?
Must there always be some sort of intrinsic reward for doing good?
Mr. Otis once said, "That having integrity is doing the right thing when no one is watching." If this is so, and no one knows when we have done good, would you still do good?
"Delayed reciprocal altruism", seems like a gamble - back to game theory, any way. Does this seem to make sense to you. That is that we act out of a desire to have what we have done being done to us?
Are we ever being truly "selfless" when committing an act of altruism?
1. We are motivated by a desire to save our off-spring because it can be expected that further intelligence with our ancestry and our future off-springs are to be desired so that the future generations before us will have a greater intelligence.
2. Yes because we usually help others in hopes of them returning the same act or feeling some sort of achievement or empowerment over others.
3. Yes, I would still do good deeds because I would get the self-satisfaction of doing the good thing even though no one is watching.
4. Yes, this makes sense to me because we act out of a desire to have what we have done being done to us because the aftermath is the most important in my opinion and we desire things in which we are the way of treating others. As the famous quote says, "Treat others the way you want to be treated."
5. No, because there has got to be some motivation or objective that we seek or desire for that action being done place. When we are doing something as simple as helping someone pick up their paper, we are doing it in hopes of in the future, that person will return the kindness or perhaps that someone will witness the act.
1. We are motivated by a desire to save our off-spring because it can be expected that further intelligence with our ancestry and our future off-springs are to be desired so that the future generations before us will have a greater intelligence.
2. Yes because we usually help others in hopes of them returning the same act or feeling some sort of achievement or empowerment over others.
3. Yes, I would still do good deeds because I would get the self-satisfaction of doing the good thing even though no one is watching.
4. Yes, this makes sense to me because we act out of a desire to have what we have done being done to us because the aftermath is the most important in my opinion and we desire things in which we are the way of treating others. As the famous quote says, "Treat others the way you want to be treated."
5. No, because there has got to be some motivation or objective that we seek or desire for that action being done place. When we are doing something as simple as helping someone pick up their paper, we are doing it in hopes of in the future, that person will return the kindness or perhaps that someone will witness the act.